Xu Ming, A Chinese Designer In French Fashion Industry

As a Chinese designer, Xu Ming's influence in foreign countries is much higher than that in China. Although her designs have been well known, she always hides behind the scenes. She is the chief designer of the closing ceremony of the 2008 Paralympic Games. It is also the general costume design of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and the Ministry of culture. Attend the opening ceremony of the 2012 and 2013 Beijing International Film Festival, dress design, 2011 central New Year's Day party, Beijing TV's World Spring Festival Gala. In 2010, three consecutive times were invited to the world famous designer exhibition of Paris small palace. As the first Chinese styling designer of fashion art, Xu Ming is the third Chinese woman to go to the famous French magazine "Paris competition" after Maggie Cheung and Gong Li, and is the VIP of the world's biggest fashion show.

Speaking of the fashion show and the fashion show held at the Museum of fine arts Asia Museum in May 18th this year, Xu Ming pointed to the photos in his cell phone. He said, "the Museum of fine arts has done the China Dunhuang exhibition during the Sino French cultural year. This year's World Museum Day, they want to add some modern elements to attract more visitors. After meeting by the government and parliament, they decided to choose a fashion designer to make a fashion show on the world museum day. Next, there will be a three month fashion show, including several designers, including Japanese designer Lssey Miyake, but eventually I will become a lucky person." Xu Ming Choose to use unique Chinese cultural symbols to tell Foreigners about their interpretation of art, and disseminate these original Chinese designs and original brands.

She was also invited to show up in Paris city hall, and was invited to participate in the famous designer's activities in Paris's small palace with Armani, chanel and MiuMiu. On such occasions, Xu Ming will package himself very Chinese and nationalized. For example, a long embroidered silk embroidered jacket, such as the same exquisite embroidered silk scarves and embroidered cloth shoes, the most symbolic is twenty years of two long braids. She said, I particularly appreciate Fan Bingbing's sentence: I am a famous brand! Really, I think Chinese culture is the biggest brand.

"The Chinese doll", which is called "Chinese doll" by many media in France, has been given traditional education by my parents since childhood. I have not only Chinese heart but also Chinese blood. My design has infiltrated Chinese elements. Some famous activities invite me because they like my Chinese elements. Chinese elements and original design are prerequisites for me to be accepted by the mainstream society in Paris.

As a successful Fashion Designer Xu Ming often travels to Beijing and Paris.

People often ask her to buy big name cosmetics or luxury goods. She always said to the other person, "there are luxuries in China. Why do we solve European debts for them? I don't need them. My cosmetics are the oldest brands made in China. They are cheap and moist. They are suitable for me."

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In France, people once asked me why Chinese people are so rich but do not cherish and build state-owned brands. China is a big country of some luxury goods. The other side pays a very low processing fee and sells it to the Chinese at a high price. As a Chinese and a Chinese designer, I don't want to be a live advertisement for some brands. Xu Ming's gifts to his relatives and friends never considered those famous brands.

　　 Studying in France, my teacher cut off my designs directly. skirt

In 2010, in the year of the Spring Festival, the tiger team gathered again - the unrestrained chorus "love + Butterfly fly + green apple paradise", which awakened countless people's youth memories. And their costumes came from Xu Ming's hand. Xu Ming put the elements of tiger year into costume design, from the size of tiger shape to the determination of cloth, after several discussions and even controversies, and then to fitting, finally let the audience see three tiger tigers shining on the stage.

Xu Ming said, "everyone is strange to me. As a backstage worker, the Spring Festival Gala is just part of my job. It's my duty to serve the front actors well."

"From the 1998 Spring Festival Gala and director Meng Xin cooperation began with director Zhao An, director Lang Kun, Kim Yue director, Yuan Dewang director, Zhang Xiaohai director, Chen Linchun director have worked together." Xu Ming made more than 10 designs for the Spring Festival Gala costume, but when Xu's career flourished, Xu Ming chose to study in France.

In February 1998, Xu Ming, a French speaker, came to France's best ESMOD fashion design college for $2000. According to her level, the school arranged for her to start learning directly from grade three.

The joy of success in China has not yet receded. Xu Ming suffered the most embarrassment for the first time in costume design class. That day, the famous French teacher in the clothing industry Marshall asked students to design a dress skirt. The teacher saw Xu Ming's design, and suddenly picked up a pair of scissors on the table, pointing to Xu Ming's works, he said to his classmates, "look, this is the Chinese skirt." After that, the teacher used scissors to make a big cut from the bottom of the dress dress designed by Xu Ming. Xu Ming suppressed the humiliation of being humiliated and said to the teacher, "teacher, you are wrong, this is Xu Ming's skirt." At that moment, she first realized that Chinese dignity can not be harmed. Walking on the Champs Elysees, Xu Ming vowed that the French must remember the name of Xu Ming.

　　 Bitterness is often drunk by black people in the middle of the night.

Alone in a strange land for a stranger, Xu Ming alone in France, also experienced life and death experience, fortunately, a good heart of a cup of hot water finally saved her life, so far, she did not forget that cup of hot water moisture. The water trickled down into the mouth, throat and stomach, and eventually the whole body was frozen.

When she first came to France, she lived in a relief room in the suburb government, surrounded by unemployed black people. There was no curtain in the room, and she dared not turn on the lights at night. Every day she lived with fear. Often drunken black people knocked at her door in the middle of the night. She was too frightened to make any noise. On that difficult day, she only had one meal a day, and a piece of bread was broken up for half a while to eat with cold water.

There was a heavy snowfall and she lost her way in the snow. The vast expanse of land is not visible. Look for the lights! She trudged hard towards the distant lights. Hunger, cold, and cold had no consciousness. Exhausted, she was completely mechanically moving. Finally, she came to a lighted door. The door opened and she fell to the ground. The cup of hot water was still unforgettable to her. She slowly warmed her throat from her mouth to her chest and warmed to her stomach. It was the owner of a cafe who saved her life and sent her to the hospital. Coming out of the hospital, she went back to the suburbs.

"You know, I'm thirty years old, and I can't speak French. If I don't know what to expect, I won't even report to the police." In the past, Xu Ming's eyes still shone with tears. Since then, she has sworn, "must leave this ghost place, and must live in the city of Paris." She began to pay attention to the advertisement in the newspaper, and eventually became a widowed old lady's companion, while doing housework and finishing her studies.